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    Hello,

    Small urgent question... How do you refer in a text to a person that holds a PhD but is not a professor?

    Something like: "With the help of ... X, ..."

    Is it then:
    "With the help of dr. X, ..."
    "With the help of Dr. X, ..."
    "With the help of doctor X, ..."
    "With the help of Doctor X, ..."
    "With the help of X, PhD, ..."
    "With the help of PhD X, ..."
    or something else...?

    Thanks!


    Jörg
    Last edited by VJ; 9 July 2015, 08:45.
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  • #2
    I do not speak Urgent.... :d

    I do not know but I would either chose for "of Dr. X" or "of mr. X, PhD,"
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    • #3
      By custom, courtesy title abbreviations no longer have a full stop (period) after them. For me, the only correct answer is "With the help of Dr X, ..." but it would be best that the first mention includes fore- and family-names, e.g. Dr John Smith but subsequent mentions should omit the first name, i.e., Dr Smith. Note that some oriental cultures put the family name first, e.g., Dr Lee Mah-Jong, so subsequent mentions should be Dr Lee (except Japanese). To complicate the issue, if, say, a Singaporean of Chinese origin adopts a western forename, the rule is that the family name follows, so Dr James Xiang is Dr Xiang
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      • #4
        Thanks for the replies!

        My girlfriend's promoter "corrected" her references to "Phd X", which I think is completely wrong... (and her deadline is Monday)
        pixar
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        • #5
          For a European audience I believe it should be Dr John Smith. An American audience would expect John Smith, PhD.
          FT.

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